Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by

WARREN F. DRAPER,

In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

CONTENTS OF VOL. XXVIII.

Article

No. CIX.

L PROTESTANT SISTERHOODS, AS THEY EXIST IN

GERMANY, AND AS THEY MAY BE ORGANIZED

IN THE UNITED STATES, .

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BY REV. FRANCIS WHARTON, D.D., LL.D., PROFESSOR IN THE EPIS-

COPAL THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY AT CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

Evangelical Freedom and Evangelical Obedience,

Special Spiritual Instruction for the Sisters,

II. ST. PATRICK, AND THE PRIMITIVE IRISH CHURCH, 21

BY REV. ENOCH POND, D.D., BANGOR, ME.

III. THE INCARNATION,

BY PROF. JOHN A. REUBELT, BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA.

IV. WHAT CAN BE DONE FOR AUGMENTING THE

NUMBER OF CHRISTIAN MINISTERS?.

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BY PROF. EDWARDS A. PARK, OF ANDOVER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.

Note A. Salaries of Ministers,

Note B. President Edwards on Lay Preaching,

V. THE DECLINE OF THE RELIGIOUS SENTIMENT,

BY REV. JAMES H. FAIRCHILD, PRESIDENT of OBERLIN COLLEGE.

VI. CICERO, AND REMARKS ON THE CICERONIAN

STYLE,

BY THE LATE GEORGE SHEPARD, D.D., PROFESSOR IN BANGOR

THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.

Cicero as an Orator,
The Ciceronian Style,

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BY REV. LEONARD WITHINGTON, D.D., NEWBURYPORT.

What is Justice?

Its importance,

BY REV. LEWIS GROUT, FORMERLY MISSIONARY OF THE A.B.C.F.M.

IV. THE IDEA OF CHRIST'S KINGDOM ON EARTH, IN

ITSELF AND IN ITS HISTORY, PROOF THAT IT

IS FROM GOD,

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BY SAMUEL HARRIS, PRESIDENT OF BOWDOIN COLLEGE.

The Idea of Christ's Kingdom an existing Power in

Human Thought and Action,

302

The Idea of the Kingdom in itself a Proof of its Divine

Origin,

304

Christ's Preaching of the Kingdom Proof that it is from

God,

307

Christ's Doctrine of the Kingdom in contrast with the

History of Human Thought in Heathen Nations before

his Coming,

312

Force of the Argument further enhanced by the Relation

of Christ's Teaching to the previous Literature of the

Jews,.

Christ's Doctrine of the Kingdom in its Relation to the

History of the World after his Coming,

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V. OUR LORD'S SACERDOTAL PRAYER A NEW

CRITICAL TEXT, DIGEST, AND TRANSLATION,. 323

BY A. WELLINGTON TYLER, B.A., NEW YORK.

VL METHODS OF PERPETUATING AN INTEREST IN

HEARING THE GOSPEL,

BY PROF. EDWARDS A. PARK.

Unfolding the Peculiar Doctrines of Revelation,

Rational Presentation of such Truths as are mysterious,

Imparting a Cheerfulness to the Ministrations of the

Sanctuary,.

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Aiming to produce an immediate and visible Result,

Diversifying the course of teaching,

Appropriateness in the Services of the Sanctuary,

VIL MEMORIAL OF DR. SAMUEL HARVEY TAYLOR,

BY REV. FRANCIS WHARTON, D.D., LL.D., PROFESSOR IN THE

EPISCOPAL THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY AT CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

III. THE DATE OF THE PASSION OF OUR LORD,

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The Date of the Passion of Christ according to the

several Evangelists,

473

IV. ON THE TEACHINGS OF CHRIST IN REGARD TO

HIS THEN FUTURE COMINGS, AND THE PHRA-

SEOLOGY OF THE APOSTLES ON THIS SUBJECT, 485

BY REV. PROF. HENRY COWLES, OBERLIN, OHIO.

The Teachings of Christ in Regard to his Comings then

Future,

The Phraseology of the Apostles in Speaking of this

Subject,

Conclusion,

486

V. CHARACTERISTICS DISTINCTIVE OF CHRIST'S

KINGDOM AS CREATED BY REDEMPTION FROM

THE WORLD, OR THE KINGDOM OF SATAN, 523

BY REV. SAMUEL HARRIS, D.D., PRESIDENT OF BOWDOIN COLLEGE.

The Antagonism of Christ's Kingdom to the World or

the Kingdom of Satan,

The Peculiarity of Christian Virtue involved in the fact

that it Originates in Redemption,

FUNDAMENTAL METHODS OF

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PREACHING.-THE WRITING OF SERMONS,. 566

BY EDWARDS A. PARK.

§1. Introductory Remarks,

I. Definition of the terms; Preaching of written Ser-

mons; Preaching memoriter; Preaching extempore.

II. The intermingling of the three Fundamental

Methods. III. Which of the three Methods is the

preferable one.

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